MOTIVATION FOR EXCELLENCE

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TO LACK INSPIRATION IS TO EXPIRE BEFORE TIME. INPIRATION IS WHAT MAKES THE JOURNEYS OF LIFE VERY EXCITING. LIFE WITHOUT INSPIRATION IS VOID OF EXCITEMENT.
THE UNCOMMON ACHIEVERS DIGEST THE UNCOMMON ACHIEVER - SPEAKING FOR IMPACT 1 BY DANIEL OLUKAYODE JACOBS. Steve Brown in his book said that: “Words are one of the most poweful forces on earth. The problem is that everybody uses them, but not always effectively See what the uncommon book has say, “a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures fo silver Have you made a fool of yourself in a public speech? Have you ever wondered what to say next in a conversation with a friend or acquaintance? Have you ever seen speakers sway a crowd and thought that you would like to be able to do that? Have you ever wondered why your words had no effect on the people who heard them? Have you ever felt ignored in a convesation, at a party or behind a podium? Have you ever wished you could improved your speaking and conversation skills? Have you ever given a report and found that nobody understood your report or did't care? Have you ever wished you could say things to your employees that would motivate them toward more efficient work, or wished you could say something to your boss that would motivate him or her toward giving you a raise? If you have those wishes, this springs of wisdom series is for you. It is a series about learning how to talk. You only know how to do what you learn how to do! As a man priviledged by the uncommon God to develop his writing skill, I also craved for the development of my speaking skill. I discovered that talking is a vital raw material for success. Dumb people seldom make impact. Impact is a direct product of communication. With respect to my experience, I have come to discover that the best way to learn to do something is to first do it wrong, and I’ve done it wrong a lot. Talking is the train that carries the product to the market. The product may be the best any industry has to offer, but if there is no transportation to get it to the public, then the best product in the world will remain on the shelves. We never realise how important something really is until we lose it. Language is one of the most important gifts human beings possess. Aristotle Rhetoric once said, “it is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it Words Impact Blessing: - Are you a Pastor? Are you a preacher? Are you a Leader? It is very important that you affirm the congregation or audience that you serve or lead. Too many Pastors or preachers feel they have been sent to a church to preach the wrath of God, to straighten out the members, and to fix all the problems. The truth is that God usually calls a Pastor to a church to love its people and to tell them so. I am priviledged to have learnt early in my life and ministry, a very vital principle from an uncommon man of God. Dr. David Oyedeop (my Uncommon Daddy) says, “make the field green and the sheep will come feed. Make it greener and ever green and they will come and lie down. This is what I term the “green principle for growth. If you must make your ways prosperous, you must make your words ever green. The encouraging words for example emanating from this piece can create a turning point in a life of an individual. They can make the difference between a man settling for a life of obsecurity or reaching for greatness. As a very young man just beginning to know what it is like to be a man, when I think of people who have made a difference in my life, I remember those who have used their words to encourage, motivate, and affirm me. Unfortunately such people are very few! You need to search consciously for them. Uncommon Achievers speak Uncommon words to produce Uncommon Realities. Jesus the Uncommon Achiever says, “the words that I speak to you are spirits and life Have you enjoyed this Introductory series? Why not keep your arms crossed as we draw from the ever flowing springs of wisdom. The center for Creative Youth International, rich in information and the soul of charity. Your partnership will be greatly appreciated. If you need further details/information on how you can be involved contact me or send a mail to creativeu2inter@yahoo.com This piece is humbly dedicated to Bishop Dickson A. O., Bishop Owerri Diocese/Resident Pastor Living Faith Church aka Winners Chapel Owerri, Imo State. THE UNCOMMON ACHIEVER - COMPANY FOR IMPACT Uncommon Achievers believe that friendliness is a must but friendship is a choice. Friendliness is interaction along the line, while friendship is interaction in the same “ship". Friendship is like fellowship. Fellowship is “fellows" in the same ship going in the same direction. Whatever carries you into a prophetic company has implicated you for the prophetic anointing. Company affects destiny. Environment affects achievement. Association affects accomplishment. The right things happen in the right company. A good company provokes the release of your potential. There is a power of transformation in association. There is betterment in good associations. Uncommon Achievers believe that no matter how gifted you are as a person, there are sometings you can't do without some other people. Moses needed Aaron, Paul needed Silas, Ruth needed Naomi, David needed Jonathan, Elisha needed Elijah, Jesus needed the disciples, God needed Jesus and Jesus in-turn needed the Holy Spirit to perfect the works of Salvation in mankind. You can't stand alone, you need someone! True friendship is not for convience but conviction. The best thing that can happen to a man is a right friend. A thousand good friends can’t be enough, but one bad friend is more than enough. Association is either for your correction or your corruption. Relationship is either raising you or ruining you. Friendship is either making you or destroying you. Your companions are either elevating you or limiting you; they are either helping or hurting you. Following after people not going anywhere limits your destiny. Six things you need to know about uncommon friendship. 1. Your friend is anyone heading in your desired direction. - You share common goals, interest, priorities and views. 2. Anyone who motivates and encourages you. - They bring out the best out of your life. 3. Your friend is anyone who is distinguishing you - multiplying your potential. -Anyone not distinguishing you is extinguishing you. Anyone who takes undue advantage of you is not a friend. 4. Your friend in anyone genuinely interested in you. Anyone managing or tolerating you is not a friend. Dont' let anyone marry you out of sympathy or pity, it only ends in the pit of regrets. 5. Your friend is anyone genuinely interested in your success. - Anyone intimidated by your success is not a friend. - Anyone who engages in un-healthy completition is not a friend. 6. Your friend is anyone who will stand with you in all seasons of your life. - When everyone run away from you, the ones running towards you are your true friends. Friendship is not by force, it is by choice. Never allow anyone force himself/herself on you. Choose your friends wisely. The destiny of every Uncommon Achiever depends on Uncommon Friendship. Jesus the Uncommon Achiever needed a company for impact, you also need a company if you must impact your world positively. Take a second look at the person sitting next to you, he/she might hold the key to your next level. You won't miss it. THE UNCOMMON ACHIEVER - IMPACT I appreciate so much the words of John Wesley, he said “I am an arrow sent by God coming from eternity, passing through time and returning to eternity and hoping to arrive there safely. Uncommon Achievers believe they are here on earth to make an impact arrow-head impact. An arrow is destined to hit a mark. An arrow is destined to create impact and achieve an event. You need to understand what it means to make an impact. - Impact is a forceful impression, IMPACT is leaving your footprint on the sands of time and eternity. IMPACT is refusing to leave your generation the way you met it. IMPACT is leaving your signature on the pages of history. IMPACT is leaving your thumb print on the document of time. IMPACT is existence with influence and not existence with silence. IMPACT is effective, effectual, efficient and eventful living. IMPACT is the enforcement of change. IMPACTFUL PEOPLE are Trail Blazers, pace setters, world shakers, History makers, News makers, world changers, and Revolutionary leaders. These are the things that make Uncommon Achievers “Uncommon" You need to make a decision for Impact In other to make a mark, you must make a choice. Destiny is not an accident, it is a product of a calculated incident. Nothing happens on its own, all things are made to happen. If you are in need of a destination, you need a decision. * Uncommon Achievers resolve not to be voiceless, fearless, nameless, or be seen as a mere statistical material. Even death is impossible for a man who has willed or made a decision to live. It takes a choice to have a chance, when you are loaded, you will be needed. With indifference, you cannot make a difference, whenever you make a choice, the choice makes you. To refuse to make a qualitative choice today is to be established in an embarrasable destiny. * A major sponsor for change is choice. Until you go against tradition, you don't spark up a revolution. Every Goliath is a path way to the throne. If you are not against yourself, nothing is against you. Life moves in the direction of your decision. * Decision has the capacity to sponsor motion. If tomorrow does not concern you today, tomorrow will become a concern. Thoughtlessness is a major factor of uselessness. If nothing concerns you today, tomorrow will be ful of concerns. Be careful of where you are going or else you won't like where you will end. The desire to be like everybody is to be a nobody. As a youth, you need a decision (responsibility). Middle age is execution age while old age is either celebration or frustration age. Make your choice today. Those who fear to grow old, watch them, they never made a decision for impact in the days of their youth. Why Must I Decide for Impact? 1. You have only one life to live 2. Many destinies are hinged to your destiny - If you miss road, many destinies will be ruined. - Don't deprive your generation of what your uncommon success will input into their lives. 3. Heaven cannot impact earth without you. - You frustrate God, whenever you refuse to accept responsibility - There is always what to do, to enjoy heavens backing. Jesus the Uncommon Achiever made a decision for impact and today he is the saviour of the world. You need this decision for you to salvage your generation. For taking time to read this write up, you are already implicated with the anointing for IMPACT. You won't die before your time. You will be a sure impact to your generation in Jesus name. THE UNCOMMON ACHIEVER - VISION In the words of Bishop David Oyedepo, “Only Those who make moves make waves and it's waves that make news Uncommon Achievers understand the fact that, destination must be certain for the required moves to be made. Making the required moves is hinged on vision. Uncommon Achievers are visionary people. They are people not burdened by ambition - people committed to God's plan far above their own plans. Uncommon Achievers succeed only in the things prepared for them. They locate it and press into it. There is a place prepared for you. Vision is the of locating predetermined destination - that is where “the blessings are commanded. No human plan compares in value with God's plan. When you wonder away from the place prepared for you, you become naturally displaced. Without vision, people are made naked where people refuse divine guidance, they go wild. If all you live for is what you want, you may die in want. But if all you want is what he wants, you can never lack. Uncommon Achievers are people walking in the center of divine plans. Until you get on line with destiny, you may die a destitute. Uncommon Achievement is impossible without a walk in divine plan. You might be asking the question,“How" do I discover where I belong? Three Fundamental Ways of Knowing where you belong: 1. Vision: Vision is locating from scriptures the original working principle of your life. Vision is the description of your destination in scriptural details. Vision is locating God's ideal plan for your life. Vision talks about a man's actual placement in destiny. It is laying hold of God's word to fashion out your world. Uncommon Achievers see God's word as the pointer on th compass of destiny - vision. Destiny cannot be maximised outside vision. Vision is knowing what God has finished in heaven and has programmed you to begin on the earth. With vision, you grow without having to groan. Get hooked to scriptures, there in lies your actual future. Jesus was an uncommon Achiever, he lived his life on “as it was written or “as it was spoken" Vision is seeing and hearing what God has to say concerning your future. You SEE by consistently READING the word of God and you HEAR by consistently MEDITATING on the word of God. You will make it. It is your day! 2. A Discovery of Divine Endownment: It is one thing to discover what God has for you, it is another thing to know what to do, to get the job done. Uncommon Achievers have come to understand that God will only expect from us, what he has loaded into us. The information you are privileged to come in contact with, the environment you have found yourself, the association you find yourself, all points to the dominant treasures in your system. Vision shows you the end at the beginning. Divine endownment gives you the map that leads you to its accomplishment. Why not look inwards now. 3. Passion: This is something that constantly draws your attention. Your passion is a pointer to a problem you are created to solve. Passion is a willingness to do. Passion is beyond decision but an obsession. An obsession is conviction beyond confusion. Passion draws you closer to your destination passion is the fuel of your desires and expectation. Passion talks about the steps you take in life. Vision shows you the end result, divine endownment shows you the way, while passion takes you there. To live without any of these three is signing yourself over to stagnaction. Jesus the Uncommon Achiever walked through this earth armed with these tools - you need it if success is your choice.
THE UNCOMMON ACHIEVER - OPERATION READ Community Development Service Programme @ Government Secondary School Owerri Facilitator: Daniel Olukayode Jacobs, 2003 Batch A Corper IM/03/0515. DEVELOPING A READING CULTURE 1 Introduction: It is noticed almost in all sectors of our country today that people who assume an office or position of responsibility seldom change. They don't change and consequently things don't change around them. They still have the same dreams, the same problems, the same methods, the same opportunities and the same way of thinking. They are standing still in life. They refuse learning. They stop educating themselves, so their lives become stagnant. Stagnant waters always stink. African's have the mentality of arriving too soon. Those who arrive too soon, arrive too small. The biggest room God has made available to mankind is the room of self improvement. After you've known it all, it is what you learn that adds value to your life. One way to continuously improve yourself and grow without limits is by cultivating a reading culture. For Africa to leave the back seat and move forward, she needs reputable leaders. It takes readers to have leaders. In the next few weeks or months, I will be sharing with you, 200 things you need to know about the READERS THERAPY THE READERS THERAPY 1. For every endeavour to find accomplishment in life, it requires training. 2. A library is a place of encounter - personal encounter with greater minds. 3. A library is a place of impact - books influence your looks. 4. A library is a place of discipline - void of distraction. 5. Reading helps you locate your course in life - without a right bearing, life becomes a burden. 6. Readers are leaders. 7. Readers become healers. 8. Reading terminates ignorance. 9. Reading impacts information - information is power. 10. Readers discover purpose - without purpose there cannot be focus and without focus there cannot be impact. The library has the ability to remould your entire destiny. You can only lead in what you read. When you read engineering, you lead in the engineering field. Be a committed Reader, and you are on your way to becoming a distinguished leader. TODAY A READER, TOMORROW A LEADER The goal of this project is to ensure that the libraries in the Secondary and Tartiary Insitution are stocked with great leadership books in other to expose students to great leadership principles. A leadership library is also hoped to be built. The time has come to chase the “demon of ignorance“ out of our continent. THE UNCOMMON ACHIEVER - WORDS Bishop David Oyedepo, one of the uncommon Achievers of our time once said,'Right words prepare you for impact'. It stimulates action and ensures you arrive at your destination. The difference between a WINNER and a LOSER is in the quantity of words each are exposed to. Postive words produce positive people. Great words produce great people. Kind words produce kind hearted people. Words are forces; they leave a trace of destruction or accomplishment. There is a miracle and blessing in your mouth. Words are the coin of the kingdom. Uncommon Achievers have come to understand that, we all are a sum total of the words we are exposed to. You can't be better than the words you pay attention to -they are the raw material that moulds your destiny. Whosever feeds you with the words of knowledge (either through teaching, preaching, discussion or writing) is a principal tool in the making of your destiny. Watch what you listen to and say, and you will see how great words will mould your world. Jesus,the uncommom Achiever says,the words that I speak to you are spirit and life. In uncommon words is life and the life is the light that lightens men.Light is knowledge. Until you get the life, you can't get the knowledge. The uncommon book says,'Darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people. Darkness is the physical paralysis of the activity of man. For the right comes when no man can work. At this point,man naturally goes to sleep. activity. This is a state of mental blindness - complete ignorance. Those who go to sleep at this point end up losing value and colour. They become “mindless". Uncommon Achievers don't go to sleep at this point, they actually Arise! In any area you suffer “Gross darkness“ignorance", you need the following to be FREE! MEDITATION: It is not enough to put food in your mouth, you need to chew it! Meditation is the process of chewing or“eating the uncommon word to produce uncommon results. Meditation leads you to understanding, understanding generates faith while faith maturally commands results. Meditation is pondering over the uncommon words that you hear. Meditation is relating your life in the spiritual with your situation in the natural. REASONING: Uncommon Achievers have learnt the habit of reasoning things out with the uncommon creator-God! Reasoning is an act of coordinating your thought. If means thinking. Meditation comes through Reading, Reasoning comes through Thinking. Thinkers never think. If you want to know a fool, sow a great idea in his mind. He will never think it through. Nothing works until you work it out. For example, are you faced with a particular problem or challenge? Don't meditate on the problem. Locate from the Uncommon Book and other Uncommon books what it takes to be free. Meditation. helps you locate the solution, Reasoning establishes the solution, while the right words hastens its manifestation. Watch out for the concluding part. CCYI is out to see that through these Uncommon nuggets in your hand, you cultivate the reading culture and get yourself set for uncommon leadership that ensure the FREEDOM of AFRICA in this 21st century. Why not partner with us today. We are youthful and rich in Uncommon Information! CCYI Promoting Creativity and Excellence Community Development Service Programme @ Government Secondary School Owerri Facilitator: Daniel Olukayode Jacobs, 2003 Batch A Corper IM/03/0515. DEVELOPING A READING CULTURE 2. Introduction: When you stop learning, you start begging!. Everything you know how to do, you learnt how to do it. Only the well-informed get transformed. One vital benefit of reading is information acquisition. What is information? I would like to humbly define information in the “reading context‚as the extracted facts from a book. It takes facts to be fat! Those who read for pleasure never learn how to handle the pressures of life. Only those with facts get marks. Those who play with facts never grow in life. Watch every star around you, they trade with facts. Some read to locate errors, mistakes, and so many other frivolous things. You only profit from a book when you are in a passionate search for facts. Only facts finders become path-finders. Fun seekers always end up fault-finders. It is not enough to be a reader, locating the facts must be your number one goal. You can only lead people as far as you have gone yourself, but it takes facts for you to go far. THE READERS THERAPY 11. Those who read for pleasure never escape pressure. 12. When you stop reading, you stop leading. 13. Only committed searchers find! 14. You are either a fact-finder or a fault-finder 15. The secret of great men is often hidden in their books. 16. Books contain perfect knowledge from “imperfect men! 17. You behave the books you read. 18. Motivational books produce motivated people. 19. Read a book everyday! 20. Books inspire - if you are not inspired, you will soon expire. Don't just pick a book, read books that will infuse life into you. The ultimate aim of reading is understanding! Knowledge is information. Wisdom is transformation. Understanding is the “Uncommon Linkâ₠between knowledge and wisdom. Inspired Readers become Wise Leaders! Operation read is a NYSC approved community development project. The success of this project will go a long way in preparing todays youths for the challenges of tomorrows leadership and national development. Your partnership in any form will be highly appreciated. CCYI Promoting Creativity and Excellence OPERATION READ Community Development Service Programme @ Government Secondary School Owerri Facilitator: Daniel Olukayode Jacobs, 2003 Batch A Corper IM/03/0515. DEVELOPING A READING CULTURE 3. Introduction: When you stop thinking, you start stinking!. All the actions you are taking today, you thought about them yesterday. Accomplishment is a direct product of proper reasoning. What is Reasoning? To aid our understanding, I would like to define Reasoning as “the ability to come to a full self-consciousness of the consequencies of the actions you are planning to carry out”. A proper evaluation of the end result will always sensitize your mind on how to begin! Books aid reasoning. Books give you the results obtained by others who in time past ventured into what you are thinking of doing. Their failures reveals to you, the way of creativity, while their successes lead you in the way of excellence. Always remember that your attitude towards reading is what delivers the right results. Attitude has nothing to do with what you read, but how you read what you read. The Uncommon man once asked in the Uncommon book, “how readest thou”? Reasoning is thinking the right way while reading the right book! THE READERS THERAPY 21. Nothing moves until you read it out! 22. Books influence the moves you make 23. Books impact inspiration! 24. No matter how gifted you are, how studious you are is what determines how colourful you will become mentally. 25. Reading reproduces in your life other peoples testmonies that you believe 26. Reading enables you to rub your ordinary mind with greater minds 27. Mental development doesn’t come by accident. 28. Never travel without a book to read! 29. Every committed reader is a potential leader. 30. The spirit of men can be contacted through their books! Readers with Understanding become Outstanding Leaders! Operation read is a NYSC approved community development project. The success of this project will go a long way in preparing todays youths for the challenges of tomorrows leadership and national development. Your partnership in any form will be highly appreciated. HURRAY! NYSC IS 30 YEARS THE UNCOMMON ACHIEVER - SPEAKING FOR IMPACT 1 BY DANIEL OLUKAYODE JACOBS. Steve Brown in his book said that: “Words are one of the most poweful forces on earth. The problem is that everybody uses them, but not always effective. See what the uncommon book has say, “a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures fo silver Have you made a fool of yourself in a public speech? Have you ever wondered what to say next in a conversation with a friend or acquaintance? Have you ever seen speakers sway a crowd and thought that you would like to be able to do that? Have you ever wondered why your words had no effect on the people who heard them? Have you ever felt ignored in a convesation, at a party or behind a podium? Have you ever wished you could improved your speaking and conversation skills? Have you ever given a report and found that nobody understood your report or did’t care? Have you ever wished you could say things to your employees that would motivate them toward more efficient work, or wished you could say something to your boss that would motivate him or her toward giving you a raise? If you have those wishes, this springs of wisdom series is for you. It is a series about learning how to talk. You only know how to do what you learn how to do! As a man priviledged by the uncommon God to develop his writing skill, I also craved for the development of my speaking skill. I discovered that talking is a vital raw material for success. Dumb people seldom make impact. Impact is a direct product of communication. With respect to my experience, I have come to discover that the best way to learn to do something is to first do it wrong, and I’ve done it wrong a lot. Talking is the train that carries the product to the market. The product may be the best any industry has to offer, but if there is no transportation to get it to the public, then the best product in the world will remain on the shelves. We never realise how important something really is until we lose it. Language is one of the most important gifts human beings possess. Aristotle Rhetoric once said,“it is not sufficient to know what one ought to - Are you a Pastor? Are you a preacher? Are you a Leader? It is very important that you affirm the congregation or audience that you serve or lead. Too many Pastors or preachers feel they have been sent to a church to preach the wrath of God, to straighten out the members, and to fix all the problems. The truth is that God usually calls a Pastor to a church to love its people and to tell them so. I am priviledged to have learnt early in my life and ministry, a very vital principle from an uncommon man of God. Dr. David Oyedeop (my Uncommon Daddy) says, “make the field green and the sheep will come feed. Make it greener and ever green and they will come and lie down. This is what I term the “green principle for growth. If you must make your ways prosperous, you must make your words ever green. The encouraging words for example emanating from this piece can create a turning point in a life of an individual. They can make the difference between a man settling for a life of obsecurity or reaching for greatness. As a very young man just beginning to know what it is like to be a man, when I think of people who have made a difference in my life, I remember those who have used their words to encourage, motivate, and affirm me. Unfortunately such people are very few! You need to search consciously for them. Uncommon Achievers speak Uncommon words to produce Uncommon Realities. Jesus the Uncommon Achiever says,“the words that I speak to you are spirits and life. Have you enjoyed this Introductory series? Why not keep your arms crossed as we draw from the ever flowing springs of wisdom. The center for Creative Youth International, rich in information and the soul of charity. Your partnership will be greatly appreciated. __________________________________